Houston school on alert after man asks students to leave

Updated 11:45 am, Tuesday, November 12, 2013

A middle school was on high alert Tuesday morning after a man approached two students as they arrived at the southeast Houston campus.

The incident occurred at Thomas Middle School at 5655 Selinsky, according to the Houston Independent School District. The man asked the students to leave with him, but they refused. They are safe in the school.

District officials said the school was placed on lockdown after the incident, but it was lifted about 11 a.m. HISD police are searching for the man and have added patrols in the area around the campus. No description of the man was released.